Toy railway.



G. A. DOENCH.

TOY RAILWAY.

Awucm'on FILED was s. 1911 Patented Oct; 23, 1917'.

GEORGE A. IDOENCH, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

TOY RAILWAY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented 0015.23, 1917.

Application filed June. 6, 1917. serial N0. 173,086.

To all whom 2'25 may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE AnoLrH DOENCH, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of the borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, cityand State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Toy Railways, of which the following is a specification.

My improvements relate to'toy railroads, and are designed toeffect theautomatic imitation of advance signaling, etc., by means of the contactof a fore wheel of the locomotive or motor car with a section of railconstituting a lever which actuates the signal as herein more fully setforth.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1, is a top View of the toy;

Fig. 2, is a vertical sectional elevation taken upon plane of line 22,Fig. 1;

Fig. 3, is a like view showing the signal set; 1

Fig. 4, is a transverse sectional elevation taken upon plane of line 4%,Fig. 1.

Toy railroads are usually made and sold in sections which may be coupledtogether to form continuous tracks commensurable' in length with thenumber of sections employed. These sections are usually made of metal,and are a well known commodity in the trade. While not confining myselfstrictly to a metallic structure of all the parts I have herein shownand described whatmay be designated as my signal section as mainly somade, and as adapted to conform to and couple up with such commercialroad sections referred to to form a component part of a road.

Thus in the drawings B, represents a sheet metal base adapted to receivethe usual metallic tie pieces Z), to which the rails a, a, are secured.0, is the third rail, presuming the road to be electrical as isordinarily the case.

Both rails a, a, and 0, are hollow in part at least, certainly at theends, and one extremity of each is formed with a coupling pin a, c, tofit into the corresponding rails in the next adjoining section. The onlyexception to this is the portion a", of the right hand side rail whichis a fiat core strip over which the span of hollow trip lever rail afits like a cap, said trip lever rail a being pivoted at one end to theflat core or strip a as at a Projecting from the outer side of thehollow trip lever rail a is a lug or eye in the drawings.

the wheel 20, isshown ust prevlous to itsv piece a, recessed to receivethe outer end of" the long arm d, of the signal actuating crumed in theaforesaid bearing plates 6,

b",-the weight 7,011 said lever f, being below the fulcrum and the upperpart of said weighted lever f, beingpivotally connected by a link 9,with a rock lever 72, upon which the signal 2', is mounted. This signalrock lever, as shown in the drawings, consists of an upright member 72,pivotally supported upon and between brackets 6 6 upon the upright 6attached to the base B, a short upper arm h,- to which the link 9, isconnected, and the lower arm 72 carrying the signal 2'.

This signal 2', may be of any desired form or character, that shown inthe drawings consisting of the representation of a flagman 2', who ishoused normally in a hut or inclosure j, from which he emerges at theapproach of a train or locomotive, the actuating front wheel w, of whichis shown Thus .111 Figs. 1 and 2,

contacting with the pivoted end of the trip lever rail span 62 while inFig. 3, .said' wheel 20, has encountered and depressed said trip leverspan (2 thereby rocking the actuating lever (Z, the counterweightedlever 7', and the signal rock lever h, and causing the latter to swingthe signal 2', into visible position ahead of the advancing motor. Assoon as the last wheel leaves the free end of the track lever (t thecounterweight 7, returns the parts to normal position, to soremain'until the lever rail a is again depressed.

As before stated the character of the signal 2', may be varied withoutdeparting from the spirit and intent of my invention in this respect,the essential features being the trip lever rail span a the signal actuating lever (Z, the counterweighted lever f, and the rock lever 72, onwhich the signal is mounted, all pivotally connected as set forth.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is,

1. A section of toy railway of the character designated, comprising abase, rails positioned thereon, one rail being formed with a trip leverspan pivotally attached to the rail of which it forms a portion, asignal actuating lever pivotally connected with said trip lever span, acounterweighted lever pivotally connected with said signal actuatinglever, a rock lever pivotally connected with said counterweighted lever,and a signal device mounted on said rock lever, for the purpose setforth.

2. A section of toy railway of the character designated, comprising abase, rails positioned thereon, one rail being formed with a trip leverspan pivotally attached thereto, a signal actuating lever pivotallyconnected with said trip lever span, a counterweighted part, a linkpivotally connecting said actuating lever with said counterweightedpart, and a signal actu ated by said counterweighted part, for thepurpose described.

8. A section of toy railway of the character designated, comprising abase, rails positioned thereon, one rail being formed With a trip leverspan pivotally attached thereto and consisting of a hollow cap railfitting over a central core, a signal actuating lever pivotallyconnected with said trip lever span, a counterweighted part, a linkpivotally connecting said actuating lever with said counterweightedpart, and a signal actuated by said counterweighted part, for thepurpose described.

GEORGE A. DOENCH. WVitnesses:

GEO. WM. MIATT, DOROTHY MIATT,

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

